Vocab
What is a drawing with lines and arrows to shows a process or series of steps.
Flowchart
What should you consider when designing a document
white space, text, heading, graphics, and medium
What questions do you ask when deciding which graphic your audience will best understand?
How much do readers already know about the subject?
How interested are readers in the subject?
Do readers need or expect technical information and figures, or will these technical details confuse them?
Does their reading level tend to be higher (10th grade or above) or lower (9th grade or lower)?
What do you do to help readers interpret graphics quickly and easily?
keep graphics neat and simple, integrate graphics with text, give credit for borrowed graphics, and use color effectively
types of tables
Informal, formal, and verbal
What is a line drawing
Diagram
How are paragraphs meant to be read
10-to-12-point serif font that mixes capital and lowercase letters.
When choosing graphics, what do you ask?
What is the purpose of the writing?
How can graphics help achieve that purpose?
What is a factor in how carefully a graphic is read?
The quality
types of graphs
bar, line, pictograph, and pie
What is a graph using a horizontal axis and a vertical axes to show a trend or relationship among numbers
Line Graph
Where can white spaces be?
margins, between paragraphs, and columns, around graphics, and before itemized lists
What do Graphics help with?
Graphics can clarify information quickly , and most complex technical material can be simplified with a graphic.
What table doesn't get a specific title?
Informal tables
types of charts?
Flowchart, Decisional flowchart, Organizational chart, and Gantt chart
What is a drawing with boxes, words, and lines to show how an organization is structured
Organizational Chart
What are the types of lists?
Itemized, numbered, and bullet notes.
Where might you see a Gantt chart in your every day life?
As your work schedule
What is a graphic that uses rows and columns drawn without rules or stubs?
Informal Table
What are examples of electronic media?
e-mail, CD-ROM, or a web page